"The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together."
--Erma Bombeck
"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."
--Mother Teresa

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Our baby girl is 2 today!

It's so hard to believe that our baby girl is 2 years old today!
Emily has been such a joy to have in our home! She has a sweet personality and a laugh that's infectious. How grateful we are to have her in our family. I can still remember praying each night for the blessing of becoming a parent. I wanted nothing more than to be a mother. After spending 4 years with empty arms, our prayers were finally answered on August 13, 2006 when we found our we were going to be parents. What a wonderful day that was! Pregnancy was incredible! I loved it!!! After wanting it so badly for so long, it was such a blessing to be pregnant. Then, on April 23, 2007 at 10:26 pm, our sweet girl was born. I can still remember hearing her first cry and the instant and undescribable love I felt for this baby. These last two years have be wonderful and we look forward to many more years with our sweet baby girl.

These pictures were taken the morning after she was born by an incredible photographer, Maggie Chappell. You can see her website here. The hospital hired her to take pictures for one of their newsletters that was sent to every house in the county. We were so excited to be chosen for the cover! We thought that was a great way to announce the birth of this sweet girl!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET GIRL!!
Here are some fun facts about Emily....
*She loves pizza, ice cream, cheetos, chicken nuggets, and anything chocolate.
*She loves to sing and knows many songs.
*She loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Bolt.
*She LOVES to be outside playing.
*Her very favorite things to do are: jumping on the tramp, under-dogs on the swing, sliding, and blowing bubbles.
*She loves to go to nursery.
*She loves to give hugs and kisses.
*She loves Grammy and Grandpa Meredith's cat, Shadow.
*She loves to talk on the phone..and often calls Shadow.



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2 comments:

Michelle and Travis said...

Wow how fun!! Doesn't time fly especially with kids. They grow up way to fast.

April 23, 2009 at 2:37 PM
Stringham Family said...

She is so beautiful! I love the picture of her and Geoff. That is such an awesome picture! So crazy and so fun how much they have grown in just 2 years! I'm so glad that Leah and Emily are such good friends! She is a beautiful little girl and I'm so glad that you have her!

April 23, 2009 at 3:38 PM

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